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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Nana Mouskouri, Dana International, Achinoam Nini, Aviv Geffen, Ninet Tayeb, Yehoram Gaon, Chava Alberstein, Roni Dalumi, David Broza, Diana Golbi, Ishtar, Ehud Banai, Shy Nobleman, Yasmin Levy, Zohar Argov, Arkadi Duchin, Shoshana Damari, Yuval Banai, Mei Finegold, Yehudit Ravitz, Udi Davidi, Maya Bouskilla, Maya Simantov, Dafna Dekel, Gali Atari, Ruhama Raz, Boom Pam, Izhar Cohen, Ayala Ingedashet, Hanny Nahmias, Dana Berger. Excerpt: Nana Mouskouri (Greek: ), born Ioanna Mouschouri (Greek: ) on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer who has sold nearly 400 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child. (Note that in Greek her surname is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable - MOOS-hoo-ree - rather than the second.) She has recorded songs in many languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Maori. Nana Mouskouris family lived in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantine, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema. Her mother, Alice also worked in the same local cinema as an usherette. When Mouskouri was three, her family moved to Athens. Mouskouris family sent her and her elder sister, Eugenia or "Jenny," to the Athens Conservatoire. Mouskouri had displayed exceptional musical talent from the age of six. Jenny initially appeared to be the more gifted of the two sisters. Financially unable to support both girls studies, the parents asked their tutor which one should continue. The tutor conceded that Jenny had the better voice, but Nana was the one with the true inner need to sing. Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed a difference...